Hat-fastener.



No. 787,573', l PATBNTBD APR. 18, 1905.

4P. E.. HEEPBRNAN. 'HAT PASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 13. 1904.

lll/lll!! il l/uligllgmuf- Patented April i8, 1905.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK HEFFERNAN, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

HAT-FASTENER.

` SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 787,573, dated April18, 1905.

Application filed December 13, 1904. Serial No. 236,753.

To all whom it 17m/y concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK E. HEFFERNAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake county, State of Utah, haveinvented a new and useful Device for Securing a Hat on a Ladys Head, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in a device to secu re a lad ys haton her head. The device is attached to the hat so that the hat is firmlysecured to the hair and does not disar'range the same; second, also thatthe hat may be removed easily when so desired. l attain these objects bythe mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figurel is a vertical section view of an ordinary hat shape with the devicesecured there-k to, the pin C being pushed in and the spiral fprojecting. Fig. 2 is a side view elevation of my invention with spiralf housed as when not in use. on line y y, Fig'. 2; Fig. 4L, an end view.Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section on line Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is aninverted View showing bottom of case A with openingvg for eXit of spiralf; Fig. 7,1an enlarged view of part of tube C, showing brackets CZ withperforations p therein.

In the several figures illustrating my invention similar letters ofreference refer to like parts throughout.

The brackets (Z when fastened to the hat secure the device to the hatand retain it in position, so that the direction taken by spiral f isinto or out of the hair and by being attached to the tube B permits thehorizontal movements desired for the threaded pin C and as guided bytube B, the tube B, with the brackets d, forming a support for casing A.The casing A has the top closed, so that the threaded pinion can only beraised to said top. The bottom of the casing is provided with a slottedhole g, which allows the spiral f to pass out and keep the hair frombecoming entangled in the spiral f and being drawn up into casing A whenspiral f is raised. The upper part of casing A (shown as (i) isinternally threaded, so that threaded grooves engage the Fig. 3 is ahorizontal section view '3, and the spiral f within its case A, as showniu Figs. 2, 4, and 5. When the hat is then placed on the head, thecontour of which is shown by line r1 c', Fig. 1, the threaded pin C ispushed into the tube B, and the threads on pin C engaging the threads onpinion It turn the said pinion t, to the bottom of which is securelyattached spiral f, so that the threaded pinion L and spiral f is loweredand by the lowering and turn given spiral f is forced out through theslotted hole g in the bottom of the case A and is screwed into the hair,as shown in Fig. 1, and thus securely fastening the hat on the head.

To remove the hat, pull the threaded pin C out until the rotationsimparted by the threads on said pin C, engaging the threads on pinionIt, raises by the rotary and upward motion the spiralf out of the hair.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent- The combination of a hollow tube with brackets at eitherend of the same adapted to be attached to a hat, a threaded pin withinsaid tube, a casing supported by said tube internally threaded at oneend and closed at its other end with a small opening' inthe same for thepassage of a spiral hair-engaging device, a threaded pinion working inthe internal threaded groove of thecasing and engaged by the threadedpin to be operated thereby, and a spiral hair-engaging device attachedat one end to the threaded pinion and having its other end protruding inthe opening in the casing.

FRANK E. HEFFERNAN. Witnesses:

S. PARSONS, SAM RANEY.

